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- Frequently Asked Questions (Unix version)
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- Q1: How do I install antiword?
- A1: (a) Make a suitable directory like '$HOME/src/antiword' and copy the
- 'antiword.tar.gz' file to this directory.
- (b) decompress: 'gunzip antiword.tar.gz'
- (c) unpack: 'tar xvf antiword.tar'
- (d) compile: 'make all'
- (e) install: 'make install'. This will install antiword in the $HOME/bin
- directory.
- (f) copy one or more mapping files from the Resources directory to the
- $HOME/.antiword directory (note the dot before antiword!).
-
- Q2: How do I use antiword?
- A2: Type antiword -h and see.
-
- Q3: How does antiword deal with Word macro viruses?
- A3: Antiword does not run any Word macros because it can not do so.
- Therefore your computer system will not be harmed by such a virus.
-
- Q4: What is the purpose of the file 'fontnames' in the '$HOME/.antiword'
- directory?
- A4: This file provides a translation tabel from the fontnames as they are
- found in a Word file to the fontnames as they are known to a Postscript
- printer.
- The file 'fontnames' is user-editable to make it suit the collection
- of fonts on your Postscript printer.
-
- Q5: What is 'Hidden text'?
- A5: Hidden text is Microsoft speak for text that will or will not be shown
- on the screen, subject to the users preferences, but such text is never
- printed.
-
- Q6: Antiword claims to support all ISO-8859 character sets, but I can't see
- any of this.
- A6: There is support for all ISO-8859 character sets, but only in the text
- output, not in the PostScript output.
- The result can only be seen if your xterm, vtterm, kvt or similair
- terminal emulation program uses a font compatible with that ISO-8859
- character set.
-
- Q7: What is the right mapping file (-m option) in my situation?
- A7: The correct mapping file depends on the character set you need for a
- specific language.
- For languages from Western Europe (English, French, German) that will be
- mapping file 8859-1.txt.
- For languages from Eastern Europe (Polish, Czech, Slovak, Croatian) that
- will be mapping file 8859-2.txt. (When working under OS/2 you might also
- try mapping file cp1250.txt)
- For Esperanto that will be mapping file 8859-3.txt.
- For Russian that will be mapping file 8859-5.txt or koi8-r.txt. (When
- working under OS/2 you might also try mapping file cp1251.txt)
- For Hebrew that will be mapping file 8859-8.txt.
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